Link: http://www.alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov/Description: The Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS) is an online resource that provides detailed information on a wide variety of alcohol-related policies in the United States at both State and Federal levels. It features compilations and analyses of alcohol-related statutes and regulations. Designed primarily as a tool for researchers, APIS simplifies the process of ascertaining the state of the law for studies on the effects and effectiveness of alcohol-related policies. Topics include alcoholic beverage control; taxation and pricing; transportation, crime and public safety; health care services and financing; alcohol and pregnancy; underage drinking. Subjects: Privatization of alcohol salesCategories: Government Agencies - U.S. | Statistical Resource | Databases and Catalogs

Link: http://ctndisseminationlibrary.org/Description: The CTN DISSEMINATION LIBRARY is a digital repository of resources created by and about NIDA's National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN). It provides CTN members and the public with a single point of access to research findings and other materials that are approved for dissemination throughout the CTN and to the larger community of providers, researchers and policy-makers.
Subjects: Categories: Treatment | Databases and Catalogs

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Directory of Addiction Studies Programs (DASP)

Link: http://www.attcnetwork.org/learn/education/dasp.aspDescription: Database of institutions that offer a certificate, bachelor, master and/or doctoral program in substance use disorders as well as those that offer a concentration, specialty or minor in the addiction field. The data was compiled by the Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) National Office from data provided by NAADAC, the Peterson’s Guide to Colleges, International Consortium for Addiction Studies Educators (INCASE), and ATTC Regional Centers. Subjects: Categories: Databases and Catalogs | Training and Education

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Drug Self-administration Bibliographic Database

Link: http://www.dsa-database.orgDescription: The Drug Self-administration Bibliographic Database contains 1,684 bibliographic references concerning drug self-administration research that can be searched by Authors, Title, Journal, Year, Volume and pages. This database receives no external funding and is a labor of love by Dick Meisch, Ian Stolerman and Jonathan Kamien. [coverage appears to end in 1998]. Subjects: Categories: Databases and Catalogs

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European Gateway on Alcohol, Drugs, and Addictions

Link: http://www.addictionsinfo.eu/Description: The addictions Gateway is a free online service providing access to the best web resources in Europe on drugs, alcohol, smoking, gambling and related topics. All the resources have been evaluated and a description of each website is given. It covers more than 1000 internet sources in 35 European countries, in 17 languages. The Gateway is a project of Elisad - European association of Libraries and Information Services on Alcohol and other Drug Subjects: Categories: Information Resources | Databases and Catalogs

Link: http://eib.emcdda.europa.eu/Description: The EIB is a searchable database containing tools (instruments) for evaluating both prevention and treatment programmes. It currently holds 170 instruments, many of them published in multiple languages. Subjects: Categories: Databases and Catalogs | Treatment

Link: http://adai.washington.edu/ebp/Description: The availability of empirically supported clinical practices and interventions for treating substance use disorders continues to increase as research moves from tightly controlled studies in the laboratory to community treatment settings. The EBP Substance Abuse Database is one tool to help treatment providers make informed decisions about which science-based practices are most appropriate in which circumstances and for which individuals. Subjects: Evidence-based practiceCategories: Databases and Catalogs

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International Alcohol Information Database (IAID) - Research

Link: http://www.drinksresearch.orgDescription: This comprehensive resource is publicly accessible and was created to provide an easily searchable database of published research on alcohol covering multiple disciplines, including biomedical, socio-behavioral, prevention, treatment, policy, and regulatory research fields. Citations are compiled from over 3,550 peer-reviewed journals from around the world, and the included research is available in 30 languages and from more than 150 countries.

Regular visitors to the database are encouraged to register, as they will be eligible to access additional search features, such as saving multiple searches for future use and bookmarking specific articles, but the database can be accessed anonymously.

The database is produced by the International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP). Subjects: Categories: Databases and Catalogs

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National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP)

Link: http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/Description: NREPP is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. SAMHSA has developed this resource to help people, agencies, and organizations implement programs and practices in their communities Subjects: Evidence-based practiceCategories: Databases and Catalogs

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Substance Use Screening and Assessment Instruments Database

Link: http://lib.adai.washington.edu/instruments/Description: This database, an ongoing project of the Library & Information staff at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, is intended to help clinicians and researchers find instruments used for screening and assessment of substance use and substance use disorders. Some instruments are in the public domain and can be freely downloaded from the web; others can only be obtained from the copyright holder. The Library does not provide copies of instruments, but links to contact and availability information are included if known.
Subjects: Categories: Databases and Catalogs

Link: http://depts.washington.edu/adai/wa/Description: This page features links to resources and reports about substance use in Washington State and its 39 counties. You will find information about the prevalence of alcohol and drug use in Washington, its consequences, and links to government agencies, treatment centers, drug courts, and other resources. Subjects: Categories: Washington State | Databases and Catalogs